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de.par.ture \ n 1: the act of going away.__________
it happens to all of us at some point.
one way or another.
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tinkering with some new textural techniques.
working from a book by maxine masterfield called 'painting the spirit of nature'.
saw this piece by marti m. fenker in the book and thought i'd try my hand at her(?)
technique to recreate it.
also threw in a few of my own.
-d
ps-
(my apologies to uselessjack.)
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Comments: 272
Wow...
The word that comes to mind when I see this, is duende .
This just draws me in. The colors, the tiny flowing lines. The actual feeling of flight. This is truly beautiful.
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Damn that is just gorgeous! Love your signature flow - always adds such wonderful strong yet subtle movement 
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you know L, if it weren't for a handful,...make
that a SMALL handful,...of peops like you i'd probably
packed up and skipped out on the rent AGES ago!
thanks for being more than a friend.
i mean that.
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I know exactly what you mean babe 
So right back atcha babe - thank YOU!
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luvverely as always honey
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Beautiful and touching piece D! The colors and textures are so captivating! Wonderful to see a new piece from you snookums, and a beautiful one at that!!!
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thank you so much shelzzzz!!
it makes my day to know you still remember me!!
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Thank you so much for sharing this wonderful piece with us all!
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thank YOU for checkin' it out!
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you still make art! 
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pft.
proof positive you've been hangin' WAAAAY too
long miskis!
smarty pants!!
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you could of at least made it a print!
i have to decorate my new house yanno
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That's just excellent, and I really love how you framed it up..just perfect.
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thanks so much!
man, and i'm probably gonna have to change
the layout if i submit a print! heh.
so much for the frame!
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nice work, I'll have to look her up to see what techniques are involved. It's very unusual, there are hints of things that could be something else, if you know what I mean.
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uh oh. uhm. are you saying you've found the
hidden meaning???
ok. what's the secret handshake?!!
thanks!
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secret handshake? why it's this 
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I'm not sure if I've already written a comment on this beautiful image. But have to say, you did a really great job with this.
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This is beautiful β not the everyday variety, it looks like itβs one spunky moth! Love it!
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This is some beautiful fuckin' watercolor! The colors especially. This is seriously some of the best art I've seen on DA recently. Definite fave!
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There is something very archetypal in this work - the rich colours and textures. I can't quite put my finger on it. Which leads me to believe you've succeeded. One should not be able to actually place one's finger on the spirit on Nature... A very lasting image. Well done.
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whoa. thanks for such an insightful comment.
appreciate that.
-d
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YAY!!
I'd been wondering where you wandered off to lately. I've truly missed your watercolor works and had begun to fret that I'd seen the last of them. Im delighted to be wrong.
...But, you know... Dont get USED to it or anything.
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heh.
thanks girl!!
naaaaaaaa. you aren't rid of me just yet!
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lol.
man that means alot coming from you!
thanks!
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Oh very cool! I love the thin lines along the butterfly-thingy's head... lovely colours and great balance between the flowing watercolours that are very loose, to the more controlled fine lines as details....
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thank you so much for that excellant comment!
you pretty much nailed the technique as well.
things did start out loose and spontaneous working
wet on wet. then later after things had dried i sorta
went with the flow and added detail.
thanks again!
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well thank YOU for such a lovely image
I love traditional art because it's so wild and free. I loove digital as well, but the difference is as with tame kittens and wild lions, one of them can not be 100% domesticated...
(do you say that? my english sometimes fail me 
Keep up the great work!
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thanks bro! i so appreciate that!
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omg. my favorite model in the world showed
up!
thank you girl!!
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awww 
geee wiz!
your work is amazing and i admire you for your art
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Congrats on the promotion!
I love the butterfly! Have you ever shown your work at Jan Demspey?
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hey there homegirl. thought you'd forgotton about
me already. not that that's hard to do. heh.
thank you so much.
actually i'm not familiar with Jan Demspey. i'll
have to do some research.
thanks again!
-d
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I quite like it, what i like the most about it are the textures and the warm colours as well as you taking something so special and delicate in nature and transforming it into something dreamlike, recreating it, as if giving it birth and new meaning. Butterflies are always special, delicate and simbol of rebirth, transformation, it is departure from real world into a place of the mind heart and soul.
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whoa.
thanks so much for that very indepth comment.
sheesh. maybe you outta start writing my
descriptions!
thank you!
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